THE BASICS 

Score: Emmanuel College, 1; University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, 3

Records: Emmanuel College Saints (6-18); UMass Dartmouth Corsairs (10-13)

Location: Boston, Mass. – Andy Yosinoff Court

Date: Thursday, October 19, 2017

THE LEAD: Junior outside hitter Amanda LaCroix (East Freetown, Mass.) recorded a match-high 20 kills to power the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Women's Volleyball team past host Emmanuel College, 3-1 (25-20, 25-19, 18-25, 25-19), Thursday evening in non-conference action on the Andy Yosinoff Court.

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The Corsairs never trailed in the opening set on their way to a 25-20 victory to open up the 1-0 lead in the match.
• In the second set, Emmanuel jumped out to an early 4-2 lead and later led 10-9 before UMass Dartmouth took the lead for good on a kill by sophomore Nicole Silverman (Chelmsford, Mass.) en route to a 25-19 win to take a 2-0 lead in the action.
• UMass Dartmouth looked poised for a sweep, racing ahead to a 7-4 lead in the third set before the Saints responded with a 9-1 run behind the service game of junior Casey Sheehan (Medway, Mass.) to take control of the pace and cruise to a 25-18 win to pull the match to a 2-1 score.
• With the momentum, Emmanuel stayed hot and grabbed an early 7-4 lead in the fourth frame but a kill by sophomore right side Colleen Riley (Mansfield, Mass.) pulled UMD ahead 9-8 and the visitors retained the lead on the way to a 25-19 win for to seal the match at 3-1.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• LaCroix was one of two Corsairs posting double-doubles adding 10 digs while Silverman finished the match with 13 kills and a match-high 21 digs.
• Emmanuel junior right side Samantha DeMarco (Rockland, Mass.) paced Emmanuel with a team-high 13 kills with a .409 attacking percentage.
• UMD sophomore libero Jillian Sykora (Waterford, Conn.) and sophomore defensive specialist Meghan Mullinax (Lake Balboa, Calif.) paced the backrow effort with 16 and 13 digs, respectively.
• The Saints received 13 digs each from Sheehan and junior libero Katharine Journeay (Hampton, N.H.) while freshman setter Madison Majewski (Swansea, Mass.) recorded a double-double on 13 assists and 11 digs.
• UMass Dartmouth sophomore setter Jordan Rittberger (Huntington, N.Y.) ran a smooth offense for the Corsairs with 38 assists while also recording two aces in the win.
• The Corsairs finishing the night hitting .201 as a team compared to .084 from Emmanuel.

UP NEXT

• The Saints return to action on Saturday, October 21 when they host an important GNAC tri-match against Regis College and Lasell College with all three squads fighting for a playoff berth.
• UMass Dartmouth also hosts a tri-match on Saturday, October 21, welcoming Southern Maine at 12:00 PM in Little East Conference action following by a 4:00 PM non-conference affair against Connecticut College.